Back-to-School Health Fair A free back-to-school health fair is scheduled on Sept. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, 1400 Pelham Pkwy. S., at the Pirate Ship Playground at Building 8 Courtyard. Free back-to-school supplies, music, and giveaways will be on hand. Anyone interested in signing up for affordable health […]
Editor’s Pick Freebies at the Oval Williamsbridge Oval (info: (718) 543-8672) presents the following free events: Aug. 30 from 11 a.m. to noon – Puppet Show – Bessie’s Big Shot Aug. 31 at 8:30 p.m. – Outdoor film – “Uncle Drew” Onstage Woodlawn Cemetery holds free outdoor concert featuring Boricua Legends performing the music of […]
Bronx constituents of the 13th Congressional District now have a new district office location. Congressman Adriano Espaillat, whose coverage area also covers Norwood, has moved his Bronx office into the same location as his former colleague, state Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz at 3107 Kingsbridge Ave., just north of West 231st Street in Kingsbridge. Since 2017, when […]
Officials from the New York City Health Department announced a three percent decrease in overdose deaths from 2017 to 2018. But of the 1,444 overdose deaths citywide, the Bronx saw an increase with 391 in 2018, an eight percent increase, designating it as the only borough with more than 300 overdose deaths in 2018, continuing […]
Police are continuing their investigation into the death of a 27-year-old man found dead with several bullets to his body, marking the fifth homicide within the 52nd Precinct this year. Detectives are looking to find out who killed Isael Lagares, who was fatally shot in front of 2734 Bainbridge Ave., just blocks from Lagares’ Bedford […]
There will not be a special election for the 11th Council District. At least, not this year. The Bronx Democratic Party nominated three candidates to the Bronx Supreme Court at a judicial convention on Aug. 8. None of the nominees were Councilman Andrew Cohen, delaying the long-anticipated campaign to succeed the term-limited councilman for at […]
Editor’s Pick NYPD National Night Out National Night Out Against Crime will be held on Aug. 6. The 52nd Precinct event will be held at Poe Park on the Grand Concourse at Kingsbridge Road from 5 to 8 p.m. Activities include bouncy house, pony rides, giveaways, dance contest, refreshments, and crime prevention information. The 47th […]
The owner behind the beleaguered and virtually dormant Kingsbridge National Ice Center (KNIC) project, revealed a new start time for the plan, telling the Norwood News he intends to see the ambitious project through despite ongoing delays and legal follies. “I’m very confident we’re gonna get there, it’s just not a straight line, nothing ever […]
A pair of twin babies’ lives was cut short after they were left behind in a vehicle for hours in Kingsbridge on a day when temperatures reached the mid-80s, according to police. The one-year-old victims, identified as Mariza and Phoenix Rodriguez, were found in a Honda Accord that had stopped at the corner of Kingsbridge […]
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